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Originally Posted by kipperfan
Wanna know the best part? All of these organizations are teaming up for a giant dog adopt-a-thon tommorow @ Marlborough Park Community Hall - should be alot of the dogs you saw above there tommorow afternoon. So bring the wife and let her fall in love with a dog that really could use your help.
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I'll be there tomorrow representing Heaven Can Wait. You can't miss me - crazy English lady in a bright yellow t-shirt with Heaven Can Wait emblazoned on her ample bosom! Should have a nice couple of puppies with us as well. Will be there between 11.00 till 3.00.
Oh and never buy from Petland as these dogs DO come from puppy mills. You may think you are saving them but you are just lining the pockets of some disgusting money grabbing breeder and for each one sold means they will just continue on that terrible cycle of abuse. A large number of these Petland dogs end up in rescues - 18 months old, untrained and unsocialised and it is hard and sometimes heartbreaking work to rehabilitate these guys. If you go for an older dog it should at least be house trained, possibly crate trained, socialised (with people, dogs and cats). That doesn't mean that you can't continue the training to expand it a bit (which you should do anyway, of course). You just state that you are inexperienced dog owners and to start with a puppy is difficult sometimes - just not making mistakes - just knowing how to train. A slightly older dog may help you. Also be aware that the Labrador is a working breed - high on energy and need lots of exercise. And that means 12 months a year - not just in the nice summer weather. Boredom is the Lab's biggest enemy.